La Tour de l'Horloge (The Clock Tower), Tours, France
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521200.8
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of La Tour de l'Horloge,(The Clock Tower), Tours, France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the ground level, looking down the Rue des Halles towards the La Tour de l'Horloge. The Basilica of St Martin is on the right hand side. There are numerous people walking around, with a cart on the right hand side in the foreground and another in the middle of the street. There are a number of shops along the street, including a clothing store that has 2 clothed mannequins outside.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Austin Edwards Frena Films, photographic film manufacturer